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America stands at the brink — an unstable economy, divided politics, and cultural chaos threaten to push us over the edge. Dethrone Davos is your compass through the coming storm. This eye-opening book uncovers the powerful undercurrents reshaping our world. From the madness of Wall Street to the partisan battles on Capitol Hill, it connects the dots between the economic, political, and social upheavals we face. Dethrone Davos doesn’t just diagnose our nation’s ills, it charts a new course for America’s future. Inside, gain a clearer view of the forces obscuring the path ahead.

PAIN BRINGER is the second installment in The Constant War series, a rollicking, action-packed, space war pitting human mecha-pilots against interdimensional madness-inducing space squids.

Char is a mech-jockey, piloting a new mecha prototype designed to fight off an alien invasion of Sindarhe spawn, a race of space squids that worship an even larger Old God bent on having its way with Earth. It wouldn't be so complicated if humans could actually fight from Earth, but they've had run-ins with previous Doomsday events—the previous one stranding them in Earth's orbit. The planet is strictly off limits.

When beloved Virginia Doctor Avery Adams' daughter, Hannah, disappears, the city of Chesapeake pulls together in hopes of bringing her home safely. When the unimaginable is discovered, Avery's near-perfect world begins to crumble as he is forced to question those around him.

Hallucinogenic drugs are currently making a strong comeback in modern culture, but what exactly is driving this new phenomenon? A lot of experts are once again discussing using psilocybin (the active ingredient in psilocybe mushrooms) medicinally, to treat depression, anxiety, addiction etc. Psychedelic drugs have come a very long way in recent years, with much of the focus on hallucinogen assisted therapy (aka psychedelic therapy).

In 1971, a pregnant member of the Manson family decided to leave, rather than stay with the others and serve her jail sentence of 90 days (for conspiracy to dissuade a witness, a charge that was later dropped down from attempted murder). She took off to Carson City, Nevada in order to stay with her sister. While there, she raised her baby that some speculated was in fact the offspring of Charles Manson himself.

Shortly after the death of Judd, his son, Jed, inherits the run-down hotel in the swamps of rural East Texas, and he begins to reopen for business. The local people in the small city of Elmendorf begin to gossip about the murders that took place at the hotel - where Judd fed numerous guests to his pet crocodile.

William Clarke Quantrill and his band of Partisan Rangers were some of the most brutal outlaws in American history. These Raiders would go on to influence generations of future outlaws, making way for the Wild West and later the gangsters of the Great Depression era. This Civil War documentary covers all aspects of the Raiders' lives, along with in-depth coverage of breakaway bands of outlaws. Quantrill and his Raiders lived an incredible, almost unbelievable life.

Their two nations have known nothing but anger and hate toward one another, and they remember nothing else. Now their conflict spirals out of control and threatens all the nations no matter their own beliefs. The time is quickly approaching when everyone will have to choose a side or have one chosen for them, and peace will be nothing but a distant memory.

This story serves as a direct sequel to Last of a Dying Breed: An Up-Close Look at the Final Stages of Outlaw Country Music, which was narrated by award-winning Christopher Lane. Winston, a music journalist from Nashville, is back again covering more live concerts - but this time, he has switched his sights from outlaw country to groove metal.

During the war period, an estimated 5,000 females served as guards in concentration camps. These Nazi wardresses would often times be more brutal than their male counterparts. The graphic violence that occurred under the watch of these women would go on to shock and terrify the public. Ilsa, She-Wolf of the SS, the movie that essentially spawned the cult subgenre that is now known as Naziploitation, or Nazi Exploitation, was based on Ilse Koch, an overseer at several concentration camps run by her husband, Karl-Otto Koch.

This book follows some of the lesser discussed parts of the Civil War, with the primary focus being on Albert Pike, American Indians and the Confederacy. This, however, also ties in to many other aspects of that time period as well — such as the years leading up to the war and the years that followed. Topics that are covered include Indian Territory, Quantrill’s Raiders, Frank and Jesse James, The Wild West, Texas Rangers, Confederados, Knights of the Golden Circle, Confederate gold, Confederate Colonies and much more.